This is script in built on top of moment.js, a script to get and set dates.

jQuery (tested with 2.0.3) moment.js (tested with Version: 2.4.0)

<input type="text" id='test' />
<input type="text" placeholder="day-month-year" />
<input type="text" value="29-03-2014" />

$(document).ready(function(){ $("input").dater(); });

Alternative date formats
$("input").dater({format:"MM.DD.YYY"});
$("input").dater({format:"YYYY.MM.DD"});

First day of the week is either Monday or Sunday
$("input").dater({firstDayIsMonday:false});
Default is true

Restict selection between Date ranges $("input").dater({startDate:"mm-dd-yyyy", endDate: "mm-dd-yyyy"}); Note: start and end date are also within the set date range

Set or override the placeholder attribute
$("input").dater({placeholder:"day-month-year"});

Set or override the text for the 'today' link. $("input").dater({ todayString: "Now" });

Set the CSS z-index property
$("input").dater({zIndex:"42"});

Note: This script (Dater) relies on moment.js